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Diabetes WA is the latest hacked Australian healthcare organisation

Diabetes WA is the latest hacked Australian healthcare organisation

The healthcare industry continues to face an onslaught of cyber attacks, with Australia’s Diabetes WA being the latest ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 09 Apr 2024
Cyber attack knocks the kickstand out from ASX-listed motorcycle distributor

Cyber attack knocks the kickstand out from ASX-listed motorcycle distributor

A major Australian motorcycle distributor has revealed the details of a data breach caused by a threat actor accessing a ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 09 Apr 2024
Second ransomware group threatens UnitedHealth with data leak

Second ransomware group threatens UnitedHealth with data leak

A second ransomware group is threatening to publish data belonging to UnitedHealth that it says was obtained from the ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 09 Apr 2024
300GB allegedly stolen from Australian immigration consultancy

300GB allegedly stolen from Australian immigration consultancy

Australia-based global immigration and education consultancy firm Aussizz Group has been listed on the dark web leak ...

Daniel Croft Mon, 08 Apr 2024
US healthcare help desks targeted in social engineering attacks

US healthcare help desks targeted in social engineering attacks

The US healthcare sector continues to face an onslaught of cyber crime, with hackers having been recently observed ...

Daniel Croft Mon, 08 Apr 2024
Home Depot employee data exposed after third-party vendor breached

Home Depot employee data exposed after third-party vendor breached

Employees of the US’ largest home improvement retailer, Home Depot, have had their data exposed after a third-party ...

Daniel Croft Mon, 08 Apr 2024
Hoya Optics production stunted following cyber attack

Hoya Optics production stunted following cyber attack

A cyber attack on one of the world’s largest optics manufacturers has led to some of its servers to go offline, stunting ...

Daniel Croft Fri, 05 Apr 2024
AFP confirms no cyber attack behind outage

AFP confirms no cyber attack behind outage

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has confirmed that an issue with its email sends was, in fact, not the result of a ...

Daniel Croft Fri, 05 Apr 2024
Victorian firefighters suffered delayed response post-cyber attack

Victorian firefighters suffered delayed response post-cyber attack

A cyber attack Victorian firefighters suffered some time ago resulted in slowed response times to critical fires, ...

Daniel Croft Fri, 05 Apr 2024
EU ditches cloud provider sovereignty requirements in Cybersecurity Certification Scheme

EU ditches cloud provider sovereignty requirements in Cybersecurity Certification Scheme

The European Union (EU) has abandoned regulations that would require cloud providers to be independent of non-EU ...

Daniel Croft Thu, 04 Apr 2024
Five Eyes data reportedly exfiltrated in US federal contractor breach

Five Eyes data reportedly exfiltrated in US federal contractor breach

Threat actors are claiming to have stolen data belonging to the Five Eyes intelligence group after breaching a US ...

Daniel Croft Thu, 04 Apr 2024
New UTS pilot program teaches vulnerable non-profits cyber skills

New UTS pilot program teaches vulnerable non-profits cyber skills

The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) is closing the cyber security gap between non-profits and other organisations, ...

Daniel Croft Thu, 04 Apr 2024
Sydney’s Indian Support Centre suffers second cyber attack of the year

Sydney’s Indian Support Centre suffers second cyber attack of the year

A Western Sydney-based organisation has been hit for the second time this year by a different actor using the same form ...

Daniel Croft Wed, 03 Apr 2024
ChatGPT’s current iteration is almost twice as persuasive as the average human being

ChatGPT’s current iteration is almost twice as persuasive as the average human being

While people are getting better at identifying the difference between human content and that generated by artificial ...

Daniel Croft Wed, 03 Apr 2024
Google to destroy billions of records of data as part of lawsuit settlement

Google to destroy billions of records of data as part of lawsuit settlement

To settle a lawsuit that accused it of tracking users browsing the internet using Google Chrome despite them being in ...

Daniel Croft Wed, 03 Apr 2024
Backdoor in popular Linux tool spotted by Microsoft engineer

Backdoor in popular Linux tool spotted by Microsoft engineer

The xz compression tool appears to have been tampered with “over several weeks” to create a malicious new feature.

David Hollingworth Tue, 02 Apr 2024
US offers US$10m reward for information on ALPHV hackers behind UnitedHealth breach

US offers US$10m reward for information on ALPHV hackers behind UnitedHealth breach

The US government is advertising a major multimillion-dollar reward for information on the hackers that took down ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 02 Apr 2024
Hot Topic customer data potentially compromised following credential stuffing attack

Hot Topic customer data potentially compromised following credential stuffing attack

US retail chain Hot Topic has disclosed that a cyber attack late last year has potentially resulted in the accounts of ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 02 Apr 2024
AT T finally admits ‘AT T data-specific fields’ are part of leak affecting more than 70m customers

AT T finally admits ‘AT T data-specific fields’ are part of leak affecting more than 70m customers

The US telco giant is still unaware of the source of the data leak but does say the data affects both current and past ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 02 Apr 2024
India rescues nationals forced to work in cyber scam factories

India rescues nationals forced to work in cyber scam factories

Hundreds of Indian citizens trapped and forced to work in Cambodian cyber scam factories have been rescued.

Daniel Croft Tue, 02 Apr 2024